North Carolina heavy rock trio Kinsley just unleashed their new EP "Humans", and I have spent the better part of the morning trying to emotionally recalibrate. Crafted by lifelong childhood friends Adam Staley, Christopher Jones, and Christopher Neil Adkins, this release leans heavily into the psychological framework of Carl Jung. It boldly collides the suffocating weight of aging, mortality, and mental collapse against the...

Houston-based psych-rock duo The Shrubs return with "Let Us In", a frantically catchy single that basically sugarcoats a societal breakdown in layers of infectious fuzz. https://open.spotify.com/album/4DHZnz49JHoaX6Ce0uAdd6?si=xvATg3GHRyS6lHn1pLjiNw Miguel and Sophie have a fascinating knack for dragging fifty-year-old analog reel-to-reels and gritty cassettes into modern digital landscapes. Here, they have engineered a massive, heavily distorted wall of sound that races forward with a sweaty, desperate urgency. You catch...